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policy team. i give you the least self aware political figure in modern history. while reports last week that he might withdraw his nomination, his brother said today: >> joining me now is another man who keeps fighting, michael tomasky, coming to us from washington d.c. thanks for being here in the war room. >> my great pleasure. hi. >> hi, by the way, you are now the official answer to who is the first get since the trivia question is going to be asked many times the first guest that i had on the war room. >> fugelsang doesn't count huh? >> he doesn't count he's in the family. he doesn't count unfortunately. don't tell him that. >> all right. >> michael, let's get to the business of business here. today, jim. >> jennifer: nhoff is going to hold the nomination. >> whether or not he'll follow through on that, i'm not sure. he has the power to do it. chuck hagel is in a precarious position. he did a bad job in that confirmation hearing. he came unprepared and left a lot of questions in a lot of peo
policy team. i give you the least self aware political figure in modern history. while reports last week that he might withdraw his nomination, his brother said today: >> joining me now is another man who keeps fighting, michael tomasky, coming to us from washington d.c. thanks for being here in the war room. >> my great pleasure. hi. >> hi, by the way, you are now the official answer to who is the first get since the trivia question is going to be asked many times the first...
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he's not setting foreign policy. he is going -- the president is going to set foreign policy and of course, john kerry will have a bigger role than secretary of defense would. but yeah, that's the big issue that's going to be addressed particularly with the sequester and everything else around the pike. it is just -- congress deserves every bit of the approval rating it has. it is off the point off the subject. i guess mccain, you know, opposing a filibuster penetrate him at least that they -- more of this bogging down and grit lock just further antagonizes everyone in both parties. >> bill: amen. >> frank you mentioned that -- evan, here you mentioned that you think that some of this had to do with hagel being either overprepared or poorly prepared. sort of looking at what happened with susan rice and then into -- if you blame the white house preparation team somewhat for hagel's performance, do you feel like the white house is just not -- they have it together on the nominees yet? should they take the blame for the
he's not setting foreign policy. he is going -- the president is going to set foreign policy and of course, john kerry will have a bigger role than secretary of defense would. but yeah, that's the big issue that's going to be addressed particularly with the sequester and everything else around the pike. it is just -- congress deserves every bit of the approval rating it has. it is off the point off the subject. i guess mccain, you know, opposing a filibuster penetrate him at least that they --...
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i think that generally obama's foreign policy has been smart. i think that the attack on bin laden was an example of a targeted killing. that was justified. and you know, targeted killings aren't new. admiral yamamoto was the senior most commander of japanese naval forces in world war ii. we got intelligence that he was going to be flying on a plane and we targeted that plane and shot it down because we wanted to kill yamamoto. >> stephanie: right. >> so this isn't something new. what's new here -- or i think is two things. one is that we have the technology now to target people with a minimal cost to the united states whether through drones or through other means. >> stephanie: american soldiers. >> right. right. relatively little cost to the forces. and then the other thing that's new is that in this case, it involved a u.s. citizen. and so the question becomes how do we make sure that if someone is a legitimate threat to the united states as bin laden was as yamamoto was, we can still take appropriate action while at the same time making sure
i think that generally obama's foreign policy has been smart. i think that the attack on bin laden was an example of a targeted killing. that was justified. and you know, targeted killings aren't new. admiral yamamoto was the senior most commander of japanese naval forces in world war ii. we got intelligence that he was going to be flying on a plane and we targeted that plane and shot it down because we wanted to kill yamamoto. >> stephanie: right. >> so this isn't something new....
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joe cirincione, our foreign policy guru here, head of the ploughshares fund to talk about president obama's expected announcement tonight. he will cut our nuclear arsenal drastically from 1700 down to 1,000. it is tuesday. igor volsky will be here from think progress. but first... >> announcer: this is the "full court press." >> on this tuesday, other headlines making news, solid ratings for the grammy awards on cbs sunday night. the broadcast saw its second highest viewership. 28 and a half million people tuned in to watch but no match for last year's show which came a day after whitney houston's death. nearly 40 million tuned in to that show. this year's musical broadcast beat both the "american idol" finale and last country's country music association awards. >> bill: they're getting better and better. >> pepsi is releasing a new beverage for mornings called kick start. it is a fruit-flavored mountain dew beverage coming in orange, citrus and fruit punch flavors. it is flaved with real fruit juice, mixed with mountain dew. it has more caffeine than a regular mountain dew but far less tha
joe cirincione, our foreign policy guru here, head of the ploughshares fund to talk about president obama's expected announcement tonight. he will cut our nuclear arsenal drastically from 1700 down to 1,000. it is tuesday. igor volsky will be here from think progress. but first... >> announcer: this is the "full court press." >> on this tuesday, other headlines making news, solid ratings for the grammy awards on cbs sunday night. the broadcast saw its second highest...
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is that the best policy for the united states? is that really justified? what's the difference between doing that and george bush practicing torture waterboarding, rendition, and illegal wiretapping? all of those questions we want to hear from you at 866-55-press. on the other hand, a lot of you said yesterday, it's true. it's better than putting boots on the ground. shouldn't there be some limits and guidelines? back to tour comments on that and more information about it in just a second. but first, looking at the end defendant month which just passed and trying to pay those january bills and having a hard time? maybe you are looking for some extra money that you can make from home to supplement your income. here is the ticket: income at home.com. they are america's leading work from home business, doing business in over 80 countries today. they got it down and they can easily give you this opportunity no matter your age, education, or experience. you can literally earn money with your own computer using your own laptop on your own kitchen table 24/7. you
is that the best policy for the united states? is that really justified? what's the difference between doing that and george bush practicing torture waterboarding, rendition, and illegal wiretapping? all of those questions we want to hear from you at 866-55-press. on the other hand, a lot of you said yesterday, it's true. it's better than putting boots on the ground. shouldn't there be some limits and guidelines? back to tour comments on that and more information about it in just a second. but...
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senator and experience around the world, senate foreign relations committee. chuck hagel, enlisted man veteran. >> pulled his brother out of a burning vehicle, leaving skardz to his body. these people are not, you know, light-weights. disagree with them on policy basis or whatever you want to say but they are not light-weights. chuck hagel, again, we talked about him a few minutes ago stand-up guy, john kerry, former nominee of his party to be president of the united states. these are not new people or lightweights. but they are not neocohs either. jake calling from eureka,cal. >> i think keeping them on the public airways will ensure the republican parties they are not the best face of the republican party. >> on the domestic side, they are trying to find this new generation, better faces, paul ryans and marco rub yes, sir talking about tupak apparently on interviews now. don't go away. don't go away. i want to hold on because we have something special coming your way a $50 gift certificate for pro-flowers you can use for this valentine's day and the rest of
senator and experience around the world, senate foreign relations committee. chuck hagel, enlisted man veteran. >> pulled his brother out of a burning vehicle, leaving skardz to his body. these people are not, you know, light-weights. disagree with them on policy basis or whatever you want to say but they are not light-weights. chuck hagel, again, we talked about him a few minutes ago stand-up guy, john kerry, former nominee of his party to be president of the united states. these are not...